the jus sanguinis law. Jus sanguinis means “right of blood,” and it refers to the right of becoming a citizen if IS THE your parents hold the same citizenship. According to Filipino law, a person born STEP • Enroll your children in a public school that teaches Filipino history, civics and the basis of how the after 1935 has a right to government works. If your children
CHANCE TO STEP 1 obtain Philippine citizenship if
he has either a father or a mother who is Filipino. This 5 don’t attend a school that includes these topics in the curriculum, you won’t qualify for citizenship. This applies regardless of whether means that if you have home-
MAKE A you were born in the
Philippines or abroad schooled children or children who attend alternative schools or those with a foreign-based curriculum, you might not qualify for citizenship. • Apply for citizenship if have
DIFFERENCE lived legally in the Philippines
for at least 10 years. This rule only applies if you’re at least 21 years old at the time of the • File a declaration with the Bureau of Justice one year before you intend
TO THE STEP 2 application. The naturalization
law only applies to people who don’t have a jus sanguine right to apply for citizenship. This declaration is a sworn bona fide statement declaring personal to citizenship. information, such as full name,
PLACE • Meet the ownership and
STEP place of birth and other details — as well as your intention of becoming a citizen. Once the financial requirement. 6 declaration is submitted, you will receive an approval via email. If
WHERE YOU Besides a 10-year residence,
you also need to own real estate or have a lucrative trade or company in the your application is not approved, you'll get a letter telling you why so you can reapply. Philippines to qualify for BELONG STEP 3 naturalization. You also must speak and write either Spanish or English plus one • Visit a local court a year after your of the major local languages. declaration has been approved. You’ll need to present a number of
• Determine if you qualify for a
STEP papers, including a filled-out application, two photographs, proof of residency and an affidavit signed time reduction. Men married to a Filipino woman, teachers who have worked there for at 7 by at least two Filipino citizens who know you and can vouch for your moral character.Once you file UGPO, JOHN WYLL I. least two years and people paperwork, it can take from days to several months for approval. This who established an varies based on whether you're
HUMSS 12-B STEP 4 innovative industry or
invention in the country can apply for citizenship after a residency of only five years. applying from inside the Philippines or at an embassy. How much does it cost? Philippine Citizenship ITEM DESCRIPTION Law AMOUNT There are 3 bases in Philippine nationality law: Application Fee Philippine Citizenship through -Php 1, 000. 00 By Birth Marriage Certification Fee By Blood -500. 00 By Naturalization Can you become a Filipino citizen if DOJ Processing Fee you married a Filipino? Lots of -1, 500. 00 -By birth a.k.a Jus soli is quite foreigners think if you have married a Legal Research Fee self explanatory. It means you’re an Filipino, they can also become a automatic citizen if you were born Filipino citizen right away. The fact is 20. 00 in the Philippines soil or territory. you won’t be entitled automatically. Identification Certificate 3, 000. 00 -By blood a.k.a. Jus sanguinis is also obvious. You are a citizen if If you have married a Filipino, you are Service Fee entitled to the citizenship privilege any of your parents is a Filipino 5, 000. 00 your spouse have received when citizen on your birth date according Legal Research Fee (LRF) for he/she married you. Unlike a foreigner to the Philippine Nationality Law. who can apply for citizenship if he each immigration fee except -By Naturalization according to stayed for 10 years here, you being Head Tax and Fines the Bureau of Immigration of the married to a Filipino allow you to apply 30. 00 Philippines is the judicial act of after 5 years instead. Express Fee (Certification) adopting a foreigner and clothing 500. 00 him with the privileges of a native- Under the law of Naturalization, you Express Fee (Filing) born citizen. It implies the must take 500. 00 renunciation of a former nationality an oath and renounce your Express Fee (IC Processing) citizenship and leave your former and the fact of entrance into a nationality. Your wife however can 500. 00 similar relation towards a new body choose to be a citizen of this country politic. or your country or both according to TOTAL the Philippine Dual Citizenship PHP 12, 550. 00 Law.
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